There was Ty Lawson’s near triple-double of 15 points, 10 rebounds and six assists. There were 32 fast break points. And then… There were 28 turnovers, and 33 personal fouls. So a little bit of everything, which led to a good-bad analysis out of the first year coach.

“Overall, we have a lot of work to do, but I was impressed with our intensity, especially on the defensive side,” Shaw said. “A probably few too many offensive rebounds…and definitely have to do a better job of taking care of the ball – 28 turnovers for 26 points is entirely too many. But that’s to be expected in a first preseason game where we are trying to put it all together. But I was happy with the effort and we’ll have a lot of things to work on after we watch the tape.”

The takeaway from an eventful first game:

Ty’s good to go. Not only is Ty Lawson fast – he’s clearly a stronger individual as well. He can take hits at the rim with the best of them, and nearly all of his game looks regular season-ready. He’d be in line to get drastically reduced minutes during the preseason if he didn’t have to be on court to learn the new offensive system. His 15 points were on 7-of-10 shooting and he led all players in rebounding.

“I want him to be very aggressive,” Shaw said. “He kind of just let the game come to him tonight.”

Said Lawson: “I felt good. I was easing my way into the system in the first two quarters, getting the ball inside, getting a feel for how to cut and all that type of stuff and see how JaVale (McGee) and Kenneth (Faried) would do.”

Turnover city. The Nuggets get a pass on this one – but the sheer volume of turnovers (28) was still disarming. The fact is when there are new players and a drastically new system there are inevitably going to be turnovers. Players think instead of reacting or run things wrong and pick up fouls; it happens. The Nuggets lived in that universe on Sunday. Expect that to be remedied only as fast as they are able to pick up concepts, execute them crisply and play fluidly. It will take time.

“I don’t know how many offensive fouls we got that convert to turnovers,” Shaw said. “But I definitely have to emphasize making sure that we’re set on our screens, and we’re under control and not leaving our feet and allowing them to get underneath us for charges. But those are easily correctable things.”

JaVale’s jumper. In just six shots and 16 minutes of game time, JaVale McGee gave everyone a boatload to dissect. We’ll focus in on what will be his most important shot this season – the mid-range jumper. So many of the Nuggets offensive actions are expected to rely on centers and power forwards setting screens and popping out to receive the ball. McGee was 2-for-2 on his jump shots on Sunday, and has good form. He never rushed into it – he got set, squared up and knocked the shots down.

“I think he’s an underrated 15-foot jump shooter,” Shaw said. “He knocked down the ones I remember him taking tonight. But it’s only one preseason game. So we’ve just got to continue to build, continue to lift that confidence up in him.”

Evan Fournier. Nuggets players displayed varying degrees of knowledge of what was happening offensively. Fournier, the second-year player, was one of the better showings. He ran the court well. Cut with purpose and knocked down a 3-pointer. By the end of the game, however, he was just 4-of-10 from the field, and that’s what stuck with him.

“When I came in I had my legs,” Fournier said. “In the second half I missed a couple of easy shots and (Jordan Hamilton) and Ty were on fire so I had to get them the ball. It was pretty good. For the first time, it was not bad. I won’t be satisfied in two weeks if I do this game again. But for the first time it was not bad.”

Quincy Miller. In a lot of respects, this was the culmination of Quincy Miller Week. He had been favorably compared by coach Brian Shaw to Indiana star Paul George. He started Sunday in place of injured forward Wilson Chandler.

And… he turned in a jittery performance. It’s not completely unusual for a young player to let nerves get the best of him, and that’s the space Miller occupied on Sunday. He was hesitant to take shots (finished 1-of-4), he didn’t always know where he was supposed to be – things that can be straightened out. Now that his first start is behind him Miller can settle into the talented player he is.